Raids and Dungeons

Omnus's Singolarità damage can now be reduced by damage reduction effects on Normal and Heroic difficulty. Note: A separate hotfix is in the works for this to also apply to Raid Finder difficulty.

Game Guide Interview

Game Guide has conducted an interview with J. Allen Brack and Alex Afrasiabi. Here are the highlights:

Karazhan: The developers love Karazhan and thinks it has lots of great lore, but can't comment on its future.

Launch Event: The launch event will be the invasion of the Burning Legion, and they're invading not just the Broken Isles but all of Azeroth. Players will be fighting demon invasions as well as traveling to the Broken Shore.

Garrisons/Player Housing: Garrisons weren't social enough, and Class Orders are very different. However, no plans for player housing currently.

The fantasy of Warlords was that you interacted with heroes and villains of the past, and the fantasy of Legion is dealing with the return of the Burning Legion to Azeroth.

Flying and Legion has previously been discussed, but this interview mentioned the coolness factor of flying mounts and how they respect that players have a lot of these mounts and want to use them.

There are new itemization/loot solutions in place that they're not ready to talk about yet.

Matchmaking and Prestige PvP details are still being hammered out--the system hasn't been fully designed. They want to create a system that doesn't lead to long queues for players.

They can't talk about their favorite feature publicly yet, so in the interim, it's Demon Hunters.

One of the final questions covered Alliance/Horde lore balance. The developers feel that while you saw more Orcs in Warlords, they weren't Horde--they were Iron Horde. And players also interacted with both Horde and Alliance heroes. Legion will have epic stories for both Alliance and Horde.

Destructor's Rise LFR Overview

LFR Destructor's Rise opens on August 10th for US realms, August 11th for EU realms. The bosses in this wing are: Fel Lord Zakuun, Xhul'horac, Mannoroth. Click on the links to read guides for each boss.

Hellfire Citadel Quick Tips Guides

In addition to our Hellfire Citadel Guides for all bosses, we have a series of Quick Tips guides for Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, Healers and Tanks! These guides don't give you an in-depth discussion of every strategy and every ability, they just give you what you need to know to get through the encounter largely unscathed.

LFR Encounter Overview

– Zakuun alternates between attacking with his axe, and flinging it to the ground to strike with his fists, modifying his abilities in the process. Throughout the encounter, Zakuun attempts to form Fel Crystals, though players may prevent this process by absorbing the energy themselves. In either case, some of Zakuun's abilities will trigger a massive explosion if they strike either a Crystal or a player with absorbed Latent Energy.

Tanks – Stand within to seal them when not actively tanking.When the Fel Lord is or , both tanks must stand together. banishes you to the Shadow Realm, allowing you to shed your .

Overview – Two portals dominate Xhul'horac's room: one powered by void, and one by the Legion's fel magic. Xhul'horac activates the Fel portal first, granting him fel abilities and summoning first Imps and then Vanguard Akkelion. When Akkelion dies, Xhul'horac activates the void portal, granting him void abilities and summoning Unstable Voidfiends and then Omnus.Once Omnus is defeated, Xhul'horac gains the energy of both fel and void, rapidly switching between elements. Once he reaches 20% health, he completely absorbs the power of both portals and must be quickly defeated.

Damage Dealers – Interrupt or intercept when you are not to avoid spreading Chaotic Felblaze.When affected by , move away from other chained players.Close by moving into its center, alongside other players to split the damage from .

Healers – When affected by , move away from other chained players.Close by moving into its center, alongside other players to split the damage from . will inflict heavy damage to the raid.

Tanks – When Xhul'horac gains , alternate which tank is hit by and to avoid . and deal increasing damage each time they hit, and will drastically increase the damage of and .Falling off of Xhul'horac's platform is deadly! Beware the knockback from and .

Overview – Players initially face a set of Fel Iron Summoners that call servants of the Legion into Draenor. After their defeat, Gul'dan resurrects Mannoroth. When Mannoroth reaches 65% and 30% health, Gul'dan overcharges the Fel Spires to further empower the pit lord.In Mythic difficulty, Gul'dan reclaims the Fel power from the Fel Iron Summoners to resurrect Mannoroth, keeping the Doom Lord's Fel Spire intact.

Damage Dealers – Avoid triggering while standing near your allies.Once Mannoroth is resurrected, group up for .When Mannoroth is at full strength, avoid being pushed off by .After Gul'dan fully empowers Mannoroth, avoid damage from the .

Healers – Avoid triggering while standing near your allies.Once Mannoroth is resurrected, group up for and prepare to dispel it when appropriate.When Mannoroth is at full strength, heal allies being pushed off by .After Gul'dan fully empowers Mannoroth, avoid damage from the .

Tanks – During the initial phase, only Doom Lords need to be tanked.Once Mannoroth is resurrected be prepared for .When Mannoroth is at full strength, avoid the .After Gul'dan fully empowers Mannoroth, avoid damage from the .

LFR Tier Gear

LFR Hellfire Citadel has a special set of tier gear with unique LFR set bonuses. These are different than the Tier 18 bonuses found on gear from Normal, Heroic, and Mythic.

Commenti

Commento di lesliejo

Blizz flat out lied! and the Sub numbers are the only thing that matters. People are leaving and taking there money with them. GG Blizz

Commento di Bluntpower

on 2015-08-11T12:02:18-05:00

seeing how much they lie, i wonder if the sub numbers they give out are real

Commento di hstella

on 2015-08-11T12:18:36-05:00

Panzer you mean Orgim's Doomhammer not Durotan's

Commento di mco148

on 2015-08-11T12:25:11-05:00

and still no flying :(

Commento di Kchefwow

on 2015-08-11T12:38:30-05:00

Too many haters, lol. Great video as always! I think the transmog system sounds excellent, also looking forward to the pvp leveling system, and class quest-lines. I'm glad they are making you work for things as well, they need too bring some challenge back. Imo, at its core Wow is a rpg and grinding is part of all rpg's. I would rather work for my loot or drops and not have them handed too me on a heirloom platter. Enjoy the downtime

Commento di likwidd

on 2015-08-11T12:46:21-05:00

Another flightless Tuesday. Sadpanda

Commento di robbiedehand

on 2015-08-11T12:48:18-05:00

Too many haters, lol. Great video as always! I think the transmog system sounds excellent, also looking forward to the pvp leveling system, and class quest-lines. I'm glad they are making you work for things as well, they need too bring some challenge back. Imo, at its core Wow is a rpg and grinding is part of all rpg's. I would rather work for my loot or drops and not have them handed too me on a heirloom platter. Enjoy the downtime

There plenty of challenge go clear everything on mythic not EVERYTHING need to be a grind/lots of work/hard......And cant blame people for "hating" when they strait out lied about plenty of things.

Commento di Bluntpower

on 2015-08-11T13:06:29-05:00

cant blame people for "hating" when they strait out lied about plenty of things.

Most poeple who are still ok with he game start to seriously panic too i think.I'd love to see the game getting better too, but from what i seen till now nothing much has changed.Still no flying so expect another tiny x-pac like WOD, a decent x-pac like we're used too for so many years can't possibly be rushed out that fast, bigger team or not, it's just impossible.

Too many haters

Do you prefer the 5M who quit without saying a word..?Those people left to never return, they feel betrayed, nothing will ever bring those back.You should be glad the haters are still here, maybe you don't like their opinions, but at least you can still count'm in the sub numbers.

Commento di Mibeerlover

on 2015-08-11T13:16:13-05:00

I like this form of video the best. Maybe a little more of your zany unscripted stuff too but I liked it.

Thanks for posting the other interview too. I like to watch those myself when I have time. I'm excited to see what their favorite feature is that they can't talk about. Just keeps that hype up.

Commento di WayoftheSamurai

on 2015-08-11T13:33:37-05:00

I honestly like not having flying. Even when I go back to old content, I still just use a ground mount. Try to stay on the roads, it feels more immersive, like my own personal movie. When I ported into SW to go to the Faire, I traveled through town and out the front gate. It really was enjoyable.

I only use flying to get to places you need it to get to, like BC Elemental Plateau in Nagrand. And of course, flight paths.

Commento di PumpkinFeast

on 2015-08-11T13:55:10-05:00

The developers feel that while you saw more Orcs in Warlords, they weren't Horde--they were Iron Horde.

God freakin damnit, I feel that the developers should become politicians with their experienced twisting of words and context.Feels like they are better at it, than developing a game which they wouldn't have to defend so rigorously if it was good.I still love WoW all in all, but Green Jesus forbid these people would ever admit that WoD was a failure, not even in their dying moments."Ughh... tell my wife... that I have another wife, and that WoD was one of our biggest expansions with 2 big content patches hhnnngg *dies*"

Commento di Kchefwow

on 2015-08-11T13:55:36-05:00

First off, how do you know all 5mil quit because of content? (you can't) The player base has changed over the years, people have different lives now all players that started in vanilla or b/c cant play or subscribe like they used too. Wow is still the biggest mmo out there and has been for 10 years, what other game has achieved these numbers. And its my opinion to call them haters. Don't play if you think the game sucks, not affecting me having a good time, that's why i put the lol after, its makes me laugh.

Commento di PumpkinFeast

on 2015-08-11T14:03:59-05:00

And its my opinion to call them haters. Don't play if you think the game sucks, not affecting me having a good time.

It kinda does affect you, since you wouldn't comment here then.And haters have their own opinions too, you know, freedom of speech applies to everyone, even those you disagree with. :)Have a nice day.

Edit: according to your bio you just started playing WoD only 2 weeks ago.Well, 2 weeks in most people were still happy with it.Come back in about 2 months time and tell us how you feel about the expansion. Seriously.

Commento di Norrell

on 2015-08-11T14:04:20-05:00

I'm actually of two minds about WoW atm. I'd really like to finish my legendary ring and to see flying implemented in Draenor (I'm one of those who actually like seeing the world from above and it wasn't simply a symptom of a wider discontent at the lack of content for me, though that was certainly true as well) but at the same time I don't feel that there's anything to keep me engaged to the game as it stands.

In spite of myself though I find that I'm cautiously optimistic for the new expansion and honestly torn about letting my game time expire in a few days. Having a new class, getting the 12th slot, having a pvp system that might actually make me want to pvp, seeing all these previous storylines revisited and continued are all big things for me, even moreso because there's no effing orcs running around! It's pretty much everything I could want out of an expansion, but we've been promised the moon before and have been burned badly for our faith in them keeping their word, and that makes me wary.

Please, Blizzard, don't mess this up. Make it good and follow through with what you say you're going to do. Make me want to play again because this is a wonderful world, and in spite of everything you do to ruin it I want to want to play.

Commento di Panserchu

on 2015-08-11T14:22:26-05:00

Panzer you mean Orgim's Doomhammer not Durotan's

Yes

Commento di oaninor

on 2015-08-11T14:28:25-05:00

cant blame people for "hating" when they strait out lied about plenty of things.

Most poeple who are still ok with he game start to seriously panic too i think.I'd love to see the game getting better too, but from what i seen till now nothing much has changed.Still no flying so expect another tiny x-pac like WOD, a decent x-pac like we're used too for so many years can't possibly be rushed out that fast, bigger team or not, it's just impossible.

Too many haters

Do you prefer the 5M who quit without saying a word..?Those people left to never return, they feel betrayed, nothing will ever bring those back.You should be glad the haters are still here, maybe you don't like their opinions, but at least you can still count'm in the sub numbers.

holy s%&/%, blizz must take you as advisor bro, no sarcasm, seriously.

they hate cynical answer but, as you say, cynical answer comes from people who ACTUALLY PAYING subs so, they are actually paying for the meals for his family (Ion, you son of an ogre, I wish you could read this),

they like the answers and tweets from the fanboys who take whatever ^&*! that they throw, who enjoy eat the lies with some salt and pepper, who reroll whatever class they are in the mood of fix from whatever class they hate in the moment, and congratulates them for that crap.

I take the option of being silent, I will not waste more time trying to communicate with wall rocks, I just will finish the 5 tokes remaining in my inventory (maybe keep one with some hope IDK yet), and then, as you say, silently, I will move on. no more hating for me, you win Activision/Blizzard, you.....win?

Commento di Pharaon90

on 2015-08-11T15:58:25-05:00

Well...another week w/o flying. I'm wondering when they said "You guys will be able to fly in Draenor", if they actually wanted to say "You guys will be able to fly in Draenor...when it's become old content".. and at this moment im too afraid to ask.

Commento di Shemsuhor

on 2015-08-11T16:35:22-05:00

To answer the question at the end of the video.. I think I'm most excited about each class/spec becoming more defined by having their own quest lines, weapons, etc. I rolled a Blood Elf paladin back when BC dropped because I always used to envy paladins in BGs in vanilla WoW, among other reasons, and ended up really loving the class. On top of that, I really came to love the Blood Elves' lore. Therefore, I love that there will be something to make my toon seem even more defined to me. I mean.. I even wrote out a bio and backstory for my pally... I guess I geek out over the lore aspect of the game sometimes...

I've seen some people complaining about the artifact weapons, saying they're not looking forward to seeing "a thousand paladins running around with Ashbringer" or something like that. I personally don't think it's going to be much of an issue. Each spec will have their own weapon for one thing. And second, they are transmoggable. Even now, every paladin has access to all the previous tiers of gear and weapons (for the most part); yet, despite seeing tons of paladins everyday, I have never seen someone with the same transmogged weapon and very rarely see someone with the same transmogged armor (full Tier 6--one of the more popular choices, arguably).

Anyway, thanks for the weekly videos. Gives me something to listen to on lunch break. :)

Commento di GordonBuchat

on 2015-08-11T16:57:20-05:00

Unscripted Panser is best Panser.

Commento di PERRYinRO

on 2015-08-11T19:30:13-05:00

Bullet points are your friends. Really good video. Now if we can get you and Perc to stop talking at the same time in Wowhead weekly. I've made a drinking game out of it and I think I'm going to pass out now. :)